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Grex Mud Item 12: A mud for Grex
Entered by unknown on Sat Nov 2 17:32:33 UTC 1996:

 I have an idea for Grex ...why don't we start a mud for grexers to play while
there on Grex?

12 responses total.

#1 of 12 by bjorn on Sun Nov 3 15:53:12 1996:

Hmm, as long as we kept it system central - it *might* work.  Of course, first
we'd have to come up with a system for the mud to be based off of, if
neccessary pay the liscencing fees to use brand/company names, and finally
decide on a language to write it in, not to mention how combat works (do you
know how much health you lose, or do you need to look at the wound(s)?)

#2 of 12 by coyote on Sun Nov 3 23:09:06 1996:

I really don't think Grex could handle the load -- even if it was just for
Grexers.  Think of all that beautiful lag we'd receive...

#3 of 12 by bjorn on Mon Nov 4 15:58:26 1996:

Bjorn *really* hates lag when MUDing

#4 of 12 by coyote on Wed Nov 6 02:04:24 1996:

<sigh> Don't we all...

#5 of 12 by bjorn on Wed Nov 6 17:08:23 1996:

Yeper doodle.

#6 of 12 by bjorn on Sat Dec 21 23:43:52 1996:

It might be adventageous to link item 28 from COOP to this conference.

#7 of 12 by lumen on Wed Jul 23 06:37:08 1997:

I forget if M-Net or Grex made the statement, but I think it was here that
adminstration asked that a MUD not be brought here because Grex can't handle
the bandwidth.

Bjorn, most coders don't write MUDs from scratch.  They usually go to a source
code like DIKU first, and then make modifications from there.  it is possible
to make too many modifications, however, for I was on one MUD that was so
heavily modified that it was mucked up..

#8 of 12 by glyciren on Fri Apr 24 21:31:06 1998:

Glyciren chants: SMAUG SMAUG SMAUG SMAUG SMAUG

#9 of 12 by kuran on Mon Jul 13 19:52:09 1998:

This machine definatly couldn't handle what a mud needs.. I wouldn't 
worry about bandwidth so much as CPU and memory consumption.  Grex is 
slow as it is, adding a mud would be disasterous.  But the large number 
of users could be an advantage too.  A 386 could run a mud well as long 
as that was all it did and had a good net connection.  What about 
starting up a donation pool for that?

#10 of 12 by shepherd on Thu Dec 31 14:38:42 1998:

  Our MUD (dreamer.telmaron.com 3333) pulls in a fair number of Grex people.
If enough show up, I can be persuaded to add a bar, lounge, etc. just for
us...

#11 of 12 by wyvern on Thu Mar 25 22:43:25 1999:

I believe if we had some Multi-user-dungens we could get more members 
in. I have be on grex for a few years as different logins. When I am not 
mailing or chating I am play nethack. I know many people who in joy 
games like nethack yet if we added a MUD game we could probley get more 
members and some new donations.

#12 of 12 by papa on Tue Jan 31 02:17:55 2017:

I used to play on a variety of MUDs, including Diku-type,
MUSH, MOO, etc. It would be fun to start one on Grex if the
CPU and bandwidth limitations mentioned earlier in this thread
are no longer a concern. (It's doubtful such a project would
attract a huge number of users in these latter days.)

A MUSH or MOO might be ideal for promoting a community-wide
creative project.

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